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Rough Gardening In A Pandemic. This Seasons Plan

9th March 2021 Colin Cross 0

There always has to be a plan.  Whether or not it’s a plan that will be carried through, that’s another matter, but plan this season there is. A large part of it is based on [more…]

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Rough Gardening In A Pandemic (Laying The Ground) RIP Norman

2nd March 2021 Colin Cross 0

It’s no secret that, by now, we’re all heartily pissed off with this whole Covid business. I could write a litany of woes, some deeply personal, some widely shared and others purely observational that would, [more…]

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Shed Life

17th February 2021 Going Postal 0

If you are in a position where you are needing a dedicated place to work from home but do not have the room inside, a shed/garden room may be a suitable alternative. Prices vary enormously [more…]

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After The Gold Rush

17th December 2020 Colin Cross 0

I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships Lying in the yellow haze of the sun There were children crying and colours flying All around the chosen ones All in a dream, all in a dream [more…]

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Adventure In Rough Gardening (The Good Bits)

31st August 2020 Colin Cross 0

After an extended hiatus, caused by any number of inconsequential (and not so inconsequential things), I’m back. Hussar, I hear you all cry. There’s a wonderful saying, originating, I think, from the USA; “When life [more…]

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Garden Project update

15th June 2020 Sweaty Dave 0

Thank you for your kind comments upon part 1. In this one we get to a point where I can sit down in comfort. Day 6 Keep on digging We left it with half a [more…]

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A Garden Project

1st June 2020 Sweaty Dave 0

It is a while since I’ve written anything on here, mainly through lack of anything worthy that would get anywhere near the quality of pieces we see every day on such a wide range of [more…]

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Gardening In A Pandemic & Adventures in Photography; The Living World

24th May 2020 Colin Cross 0

Welcome back to the greenhouse. I touched on it briefly in my last missive from the garden, but one of the problems with having an inordinate amount of time on ones hands is finding something [more…]

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Signs and Pottering; Rough Gardening During A Pandemic

17th May 2020 Colin Cross 0

For what seems like weeks now I’ve been describing, in laconic detail, just how tough it is keeping a 600 (or so) square foot greenhouse in an adequate enough state of repair to do its [more…]

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